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“Well, thank you! That’s a compliment, and I take it,” she said, smiling

“Now that your father isn’t here and you’ve just turned IB, what do you plan to do?”

“Well, for now, I can’t do much. But when all of this is over, I want to take my things and…” She paused as

a thought crossed her mind. Maybe she had changed her mind. She worried that revealing her plans

might drive him away

“What is it?”

“No, nothing. For now, I don’t know what I’ll do. My family’s situation is complicated, and I can’t do much without putting them in danger.”

“But if you weren’t in that situation?”

dreams. Things I dreamed of as a child. But one thing’s for sure: Id leave my father’s house and be free. I’d find a job and earn my own

she didn’t seem to have suffered with her family. To anyone looking at her, she appeared to be a pampered child from a loving family. Yet, once again, she made it clear that her situation hadn’t been good, except for the comments about

with their order–two cups of coffee and a slice of strawberry cake. The cake looked so appetizing that Maximus

candle? It’s my birthday, and I want to make a wish,” Mary said, her eyes fixed on the slice

of course! Wait a moment; I’ll be right back with one.”

was about to make would come true. For a moment, he found himself thinking about the kind of life she

carry the responsibility of being the company president on your shoulders. Well do everything when I retire. Believe me, I’m already tired. I’m just waiting for you to be old enough to

you mean by that?”

be an honorable man. You’re young, and sometimes youth makes us make mistakes that we have to live with for the rest

my successor.”

“What about Peter?”

if I leave our business in his hands that he’ll manage it well. But you have always

girl returned with a pink and white candy candle for

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Mary.

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